Psychrolutes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Psychrolutidae, the fatheads and toadfishes. Though found predominantly in the deep sea, a handful of species are present in the intertidal regions of the North Pacific rim. In June 2003, During the NORFANZ Expedition north-west of New Zealand, scientists trawled a specimen of P. microporos at a depth between and on the Norfolk Ridge.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Psychrolutes inermis <small>(Vaillant, 1888)</small>
- Psychrolutes macrocephalus <small>(Gilchrist, 1904)</small>
- Psychrolutes marcidus <small>(McCulloch, 1926)</small> (blobfish)
- Psychrolutes marmoratus <small>(T. N. Gill, 1889)</small>
- Psychrolutes microporos <small>J. S. Nelson, 1995</small> (blobfish)
- Psychrolutes occidentalis <small>R. Fricke, 1990</small> (Western Australian sculpin)
- Psychrolutes paradoxus <small>Günther, 1861</small> (Tadpole sculpin)
- Psychrolutes phrictus <small>Stein & C. E. Bond, 1978</small> (blob sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sigalutes <small>(D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1895)</small> (soft sculpin)
- Psychrolutes sio <small>J. S. Nelson, 1980</small>
- Psychrolutes subspinosus <small>(A. S. Jensen, 1902)</small>
Catalog of Fishes classifies Gilbertidia as a synonym of Psychrolutes, but FishBase treats it as a valid genus.
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